| | Accession Number | 5004756 |
| | Title | Technical Assistance - National Park Service - mosquitoes/West Nile Virus |
| | Project Description | Technical advice is provided to national parks on surveillance and management of mosquitoes and |
| | West Nile Virus. This includes writing mosquito/WNV surveillance and management protocols for |
| | selected parks, including Fire Island National Seashore and Gateway National Recreation Area in |
| | New York, the National Capital Region parks in the Washington D.C. area, and revieweing and |
| | updationg the protocols at other parks (including Delaware Water Gap NRA and Assateague |
| | Island NS). These plans are coordinated with local health departments and mosquito management |
| | agencies, and with the CDC where appropriate. Surveillance data are reviewed during the |
| | mosquito season and technical advice is given on appropriate responses to various surveillance |
| | results. Consultation is at the park, regional and national levels. A survey of mosquitoes, mosquito |
| | habitats, and arboviruses (Determine the distribution of mosquito species associated with West |
| | Nile Encephalitis and survey potential breeding habitat in NPS units in the Northeast and National |
| | Capital Regions) is currently underway as a cooperative effort with the University of Rhode Island |
| | (R. LeBrun, P.I.), University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (J. Singleton), National Park Service and |
| | U.S. Geological Survey. A total of 16 National Park sites from Maine (Acadia NP) to Virginia |
| | (Richmond NBP) are being sampled. |
| | Keywords | management, mosquitoes, surveillance, west nile virus, |
| | Principal | Howard S Ginsberg, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: howard_s_ginsberg@usgs.gov; |
| | Investigators | Roger A LeBrun, University of Rhode Island: lebrun@uri.edu; Jeurel Singleton, University of |
| | Maryland, Eastern Shore: ; |
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